Hello and welcome to Card Talk on National Public Radio with us, Cliffing Clack, the

Tabith Brothers and we're broadcasting this week from the end of summer depression

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Maybe. Yes, he'll join. That's right. That's right. Well in preparation, you know, we know I sent their piramus. Isn't that what they say in New Jersey?

For promise. Yes, they do say that. We've been taking the Bronco and a grisky one under way out of the closet and setting up the sun lamps here in the studio and later this week.

We're going to perform the annual the ritual

turning on of the heat in my brother's 63 darn actually we don't have to do it because it's been all over the sun. I couldn't turn it off.

That's why you thought it was a great time man was it been hot was hot. You ready for call? Yes. 1-800-332-9287. Hello, you're on car talk.

Hi guys. Hi, who's this? This is Paul from Lincoln, Nebraska. How you doing? How I'm doing fine. Good. You guys sound good. Oh yeah, we look good too.

Anyway, Paul, what's on your mind? You guys are talking about turning on your heaters, but I'm still having prom with an air conditioner out here.

Uh-huh. Yeah. Still use those clear into October. Well, it still is warm here, but we're just getting ready. We're trying to

grid our loins so to speak because any day now it's what's going to happen. Yes, this is called pre-depression depression. Right.

So what's wrong with your AC? Well, I have an 86 accurate in tegra. Yeah. Since day one, the air conditioner has always worked,

but never substantially to the point of a lot of cold air coming out. Oh, I've taken it to the dealer multiple times.

Yeah. And every time they check it, they say they put their little meat thermometer down inside the vent.

Yeah. And what's the temperature? And they checked it and said it was putting out cold air. How cold?

Well, they didn't tell me that. Mm-hmm. So, well, but I mean, there is a specification for what the temperature of the air ought to be coming out of that vent.

And you can have cold air that feels cold, but to know whether or not the thing is really working correctly, you're going to measure the temperature.

I mean, that's why they have a thermometer. Yeah, I would imagine the spec is probably 50 degrees or less.

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